Lucasfilm pushes fired ‘Mandalorian’ star Gina Carano for Emmy nod

Three months after Lucasfilm gave “The Mandalorian” star Gina Carano the axe for a series of controversial social-media posts, the company has included her in their 2021 Emmy Awards campaign. 

The 39-year-old’s name is listed under the Supporting Actress category in a “for your consideration” poster promoting various Season 2 stars of the Disney+ show, CNET reported. The poster also advocates for lead actor nominations for Pedro Pascal, supporting actor noms for Giancarlo Esposito and Temuera Morrison, and guest actor nods for 18 actors, including Rosario Dawson, John Leguizamo, Mark Hamill and Amy Sedaris.  Carano, a former MMA fighter who played Cara Dune on the series, was booted from the “Star Wars” spinoff in February after defending social-media posts that Lucasfilm at the time called “abhorrent and unacceptable” for “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities.”